On 2002-12-17 08:29, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BTW the Upgrade from ALL System 6 line to System 7 REALLY was astonishingly > different, Indeed. System 6 -> System 7 was the biggest changeover in the Mac OS until the one to OS X. Mac OS 8.0 through 9.2.2 are really good old System 7 with lots and lots of features added to it. > the trash and desktop being treated as a folder in older version of the OS, > and you could now place icons on you files from the Finder; then the Sound, > Fonts and Extensions seated on their own folder in the System folder Fonts didn't get their own folder until 7.1 > (snd and fonts were no longer inside System file), IIRC, Sounds are still inside the System suitcase in OS 9. Well, system sounds, anyway. > it introduced Menu bar clock [third party though until a little later] (system > 6 only had it from Moire really cool!) Menu bar clock was a bit of shareware that apple bought and bundled with System 7.5. As were many features in 7.5, really. In fact, System 7.5 was pretty much System 7.1 Pro with a bunch of shareware goodies thrown in. > Then PC Exchange was introduced and Apple File Exchange, Icon/Sound Mover > dropped, etc. There are others, as well. And the upgrade from all System 7 > line was a big difference to 8 since the whole appearance changed, folders, a > desktop pictures control panel, etc. Even scarier to me than 7. Actually, the transition from Mac OS 7.6.1 to 8.0 was pretty much cosmetic. Mac OS 8 was intended to be Mac OS 7.7, but Steve Jobs decided to change the version number to 8.0 so he could pull the plug on the clone market. The clone makers had contracts guaranteeing that Apple would license them all version of Mac OS 7. ,xtG .tsooJ -- Joost van de Griek http://www.jvdg.net/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
